Stage names:

Ichimura Tsuruzô
Bandô Kamenosuke

Real name: Akita Yukio

Guild: Tachibanaya

Birthday: 21 January 1924

Connections:

Grandfather: Onoe Kikusaburô

Career:

April 1930: he is adopted by the mother of the star Onoe Kikugorô VI and makes his first appearance on stage, playing under the name of Bandô Kamenosuke.

1951: Kamenosuke quits temporarily the Kabuki world.

1955: he's back on stage, for a special show at the Kabukiza commemorating the memory of the great actor Onoe Kikugorô VI.

May 1971: Bandô Kamenosuke takes the name of Ichimura Tsuruzô by playing the roles of Bannai and Okyaku in the plays "Ochiudo" and "Suitengû Megumi no Fukagawa".

January 1984: historic revival at the National Theater of the play "Sankai Nagoya"; Tsuruzô plays the role of Kongômaru [casting].

Comments:

Ichimura Tsuruzô is an outstanding supporting actor, famous for his roles of greedy old men or women in sewamono dramas.

The mon of Ichimura Tsuruzô